Ornament-holder for hats.



A. P. BENNETT. OBBAIBNT -HOLDEB FOB HATS. AYLIUTIOI FILED IAL 21, 1013.

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^ .aUGus'rus'PEMBERTONBENNETT, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

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Be it known that I, AUoUsrUsPJ BizNNiii'r, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, inthe countyand State of New' York, have invented a new and ImprovedOrnament-Holder for Hats, of which the following is a full, clear, Vandexact description.

By the rules of fashion it is customary to wear different hats fordifferent occasions. Therefore, a person desiriiig'to be fashionablemust have several hats, which is expensive and requires a large amount.of space. To obviate these diiiiculties, I have invented an inex ensiveholding device which can be easi y secured to 'a hat and which willquicky `engage any desired ornament, such as a eather, ribbon, etc., atany angle, and which ornament can be easily disengaged to admit anotherwhen it is desired to use the same hat for a dierent social function.The holder can also engage more than one ornament, of dierent kinds ifdesired, at the saine time, and at any desired angle to each other. Thisis obtained by providing a pair of blanks adapted to engage an ornament,and a member associated with the blanks to keep them inseparable andwhereby the blanks are made to engage the ornaments. The blanks areprovided with means whereby one of them can be secured to a hat.

The invention consists of the construction and combination of parts tobe more fully described hereinafter and fully set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be made to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which like characters indicate correspondingparts in all the views and in which:

Figure 1 shows a hat provided with an1 embodiment of my inventioncarrying a feather; Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2, Fig. 1; and Fig. 8is a section Aon line 3 3,

' Specification of Letters Patent. Appi'i'cation mea march 27, 191s.seriai No. 757,090.

ORNAMENT-'HOLDER son HATS.

Patented N ov. d, 1913..

with a corrugated portion 8 bordering the blank." The same face of theblank 5 is provided with a central interioily threaded portion 9rojecting above the corrugation 8 ofthe vb ank. Threaded into thiscentral portion 9 is a threaded member 10 having at one`en'd a head 11located on the smooth face of the blank 5. The other end 12 of themember 10 is reduced, so that the threadyed portion of the member 10forms a shoulder 13. A blank 14 of a size similar to blank 5, providedwith a corrugated border 15 similar to corrugation 8, has a central cuportioii 16 forced away from the face provided with the corrugations andadapted to engage the central portion 9 of blank 5. The cup 16 has acentral opening 17 engagin the reduced end 12 of the member 10, with thebottom of the cup resting on shoulder 13 of the member 10 with thereduced end projecting through the opening out of the cup. Secured tothis progecting portion 12 of the member l0 by means of a pin 18 is amilled head 19 which prevents the blank 14 from moving on the reducedend 12 but allows the same to revolve on it.l

The blank 14 is provided with a series of apertures 20 adapted toregister with the pairs of triangular openings 6.

AlVhen the head 19 is caused to rotate, the member 10 will move in orout of the blank 5 and will carry with it the blank 14, therefore, anornament, or ornaments, can be clamped between the blanks, as can beseen, at any desired angle, as, for example, the feather shown in fulland dotted lines in Fig. 1. The apertures 20 provided in the blank 14are means through which the blank 5 is secured by threads 21 to the hat22, as the two blanks become inseparable when the head 19 is secured tothe member 10 as described. This structure makes an inseparable unitwhich can be easily attached or detached from a hat, no part of whichcan get loose when changing ornaments on a at. It can be easily seenthat in general, the hats being formed of flexible material the samewill iave enough elasticity to give when .the. head 11 of the member 10is Iforced against the body of the hat.

' ings 2U and 6 in the blanks any desired shape.

Having thus` described my inventiom' what I claim as new and desireLetters Patent is:

1. In a device of the class described,a blank having aplurality of pairsof ad'acent openings providing securable means or the blank, said blankhavin@r on one of its faces a bordcringcorrugate portion and a` cent-ralinteriorlythreaded portion projecting beyond the plane of saidcorrugated to secure by portion; a threaded member in engagement withsaid central portion and having 'a head' at one end and a reducedportion at the opposite end, said reduced portion projecting beyond thesaid central portion; a second blank engaging said threaded member andhaving a p urality of op register with the said pairs of openings andthrough which said first blank can secured, said second blank having acorrugated portion facing the first mentioned corrugatedA ortion, and a.central cup portion adapte to engage thesaid central projection andhaving a central opening engaged b the said reduced portion of saidthreadmember; and a head secured to said reduced portion beyond said cupportion for operating said threaded member and whereby said. lanksbecome inseparable, and the said second blank can moveto and from thesaid first blankand rotate on the said reduced end. v

2. In. a device of the class described, a blank having means whereby itmay be securedto an object and a central interiorly threaded portionprojecting beyond the surcan also be of,

enings adapted to vcured to facfeof the'blank; a threadedimemberengatging said central portion and having a 1e uced end projectingbeyond said central portion; a second blank on said reduced por tionhaving means adapted to re ister with the securable lmeans "on the rstblank through which the said 'rst blank is secured, said blanklialvinglva central cup portion adapted to engage the'said central projection andhaving a central opening engaging said reduced portion of said threadedmember; and means secured to said reduced portion above said cup portionwhereby said threaded member is operated, causing said `blanks to moveto or from each other, said blanks having means on their facing surfacesfor gripping an object engaged be- Itween them.

3. In a device of the class described, a blank having means whereby itcan be scan object and a threaded central opening; a threaded member insaid opena second blank secured to said threaded member adapted torotate on same and move with same to or from the said first blank, meansmaking said blanks and threaded member an inseparable .unit, said secondblank having means therein adapted to register with said securable means1n said first blank and through which said unit is secured.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

AUGUSTUS PEMBERTUN BENNETT.

Witnesses:

EDWARD F. RnAnnoN, FRED A. SMITH.

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Washington, D.- 0."

